ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

flashing lights is the only kanye i voted for, too

61. AMY WINEHOUSE "Rehab" (2006) [250.5 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmZp8pR1uc

still hate that song.

ok the poll is def tipping away from me at this point

way too low for rehab imo

no

no no

LOVE "rehab", especially now enough time has passed since its ubiquity that i can appreciate it again. such a classic pop single. (didn't vote for it though! this is becoming a pattern, this is how tough the trax ballot was for me. nearly voted "back to black" but again, er, didn't. i mean all these songs i didn't vote for are still easy 10/10s.)

man amy used to be such a fox ;_;

Wednesday's results:

100. NE-YO "Because of You" (2007) [195.5 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
99. DAMIAN "JR. GONG" MARLEY "Welcome to Jamrock" (2005) [197 points, 11 votes]
98. CHAMILLIONAIRE ft. KRAYZIE BONE "Ridin'" (2005) [198.5 points, 10 votes]
97. RÓISÍN MURPHY "Overpowered" (2007) [199.5 points, 10 votes]
96. THE KNIFE "Marble House" (2006) [204.5 points, 10 votes]
95. CAMERA OBSCURA "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" (2006) [204.5 points, 11 votes]
94. THE-DREAM "Fancy" (2009) [205.5 points, 8 votes]
93. BIG BOI ft. GUCCI MANE "Shine Blockas" (2009) [206 points, 8 votes]
92. CORTNEY TIDWELL "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Objects in Space Remix)" (2007) [207.5 points, 10 votes]
91. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "45:33" (2006) [208 points, 10 votes]
90. WASHED OUT "Feel it All Around" (2009) [208.5 points, 10 votes]
89. GIRLS "Lust for Life" (2008) [209 points, 8 votes]
88. LADY GAGA "Paparazzi" (2009) [209 points, 10 votes]
87. ROBYN "Be Mine" (2005) [209 points, 12 votes]
86. THE HOLD STEADY "Stuck Between Stations" (2007) [210.5 points, 8 votes]
85. JACKIE CHAIN ft. JHI ALI "Rollin'" (2008) [212.5 points, 7 votes]
84. FEVER RAY "Seven" (2009) [212.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
83. FUTURE OF THE LEFT "Arming Eritrea" (2009) [213.5 points, 10 votes]
82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SexyBack" (2006) [216 points, 9 votes]
81. JOY ORBISON "Hyph Mngo" (2009) [219.5 points, 9 votes]

Today's results:

80. YEAH YEAH YEAHS "Zero" (2009) [221.5 points, 9 votes]
79. CHROMATICS "In the City" (2006) [223.5 points, 8 votes]
78. THE FALL "Blindness" (2005) [225.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
77. MAXWELL "Pretty Wings" (2009) [227 points, 9 votes]
76. ÂME "Rej" (2005) [228 points, 10 votes]
75. GHOSTFACE KILLAH "Shakey Dog" (2006) [228 points, 11 votes]
74. MGMT "Time to Pretend" (2007) [228 points, 13 votes]
73. DJ QUIK & KURUPT "9x Outta Ten" (2009) [229.5 points, 10 votes]
72. GANG GANG DANCE "House Jam" (2008) [230.5 points, 11 votes]
71. KANYE WEST "Love Lockdown" (2008) [230.5 points, 12 votes]
70. GRINDERMAN "No Pussy Blues" (2007) [232 points, 9 votes]
69. HOT CHIP "Ready for the Floor" (2008) [237.5 points, 11 votes]
68. THE XX "Crystalised" (2009) [239 points, 12 votes]
67. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE "Fireworks" (2007) [240 points, 11 votes]
66. JUNIOR BOYS "In the Morning" (2006) [240.5 points, 12 votes]
65. OF MONTREAL "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" (2007) [241.5 points, 10 votes]
64. FEVER RAY "When I Grow Up" (2009) [243 points, 11 votes]
63. NELLY FURTADO "Maneater" (2006) [243.5 points, 13 votes]
62. KANYE WEST "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (2007) [249.5 points, 15 votes]
61. AMY WINEHOUSE "Rehab" (2006) [250.5 points, 12 votes]

Tomorrow's results:

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oh man if id just made a ranked ballot i could have gotten arming aritrea up to #70. and i didnt even do a full list of 40, so it wouldnt have hurt any of the other choices i really cared about. stupid stupid me.

rehab is horseshit btw

love "Rehab" but prefer "You Know I'm No Good", voted for the album instead of either

ok to be fair my reaction to amy winehouse in general goes along with my irritable response to the whole "look its faux-motown soul, but NEW and FRESH for the kids" marketing thing that was going on there for a while with her a several others.

i am so pleased arming eritrea got on the list...so pleased. the last minute and a half of that song is the greatest thing ever.

the whole "look its faux-motown soul, but NEW and FRESH for the kids" marketing thing that was going on there for a while

I would've preferred Adele be the representative of that stuff on this poll, but she wasn't even nommed.

winehouse's songwriting slant and vocal delivery are singular (and emotionally affecting) enough to sidestep the marketing angle - though the marketing does epitomise adele, who's basically the cut-price, "safe" amy sans scary crack or ink

spotify list btw, will update, (without Jackie Chain and DJ Quik and Kurupt, sadly, two of my favourite songs so far, outside of The Fall - I fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if I played 9x outta 10 more than any other track last year).

good post lex

i don't know why "rehab" was the one that got so much critical and commercial adoration at the time. i liked a lot of amy's other singles better.

glad to see "when i grow up" made it. i nom'd it but didn't end up actually voting for it, weirdly enough.

man rehab is such a goddam great song, can't imagine what horrible anti-plane you all are dwelling on

xposts

yeah, a while back matos and i were talking about back to black and he was like "the thing about it that no one ever says is that it's one of the best singer-songwriter albums EVER", which i am inclined to agree with

winehouse's songwriting slant and vocal delivery are singular (and emotionally affecting) enough to sidestep the marketing angle

This is true, and I like Winehouse...don't get me wrong... but Adele is an easier fit into my own personal desire to have a modern-day Dusty Springfield.

not sure i have any desire whatsoever to have a modern-day dusty springfield, certainly not adele

Do you not like Dusty, Rev?

I've only heard "Son of a Preacher Man". I prefer Aretha's version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H71YMS0DjOQ

no sound on my computer :(

i don't know why "rehab" was the one that got so much critical and commercial adoration at the time.

lead single, party-friendly jam...def the most "populist", though i also preferred some of the other singles.

some of her lyrics on back to black are just devastating (also: funny!), tho i guess (hope) we'll have a chance to talk about that in the albums thread. on "rehab", what i love best is how she makes the jaunty, irresistible arrangement and absolutely unstoppable tune her armour, her self-defence - the force of the music enables her defiance, and it only cracks on lines like "ooh, i just need a friend".

anyway, whether i like dusty or not isn't the issue. the point is that if i wanted to listen to dusty, i sure as hell wouldn't go to adele for my fix.

some of her lyrics are great, but it's her incredibly expressive voice that really gets to me, esp on tracks like "back to black"
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the point is that if i wanted to listen to dusty, i sure as hell wouldn't go to adele for my fix.

Well yeah, Dusty Springfield will always be my first choice when I'm in the mood to listen to Dusty Springfield, but I really like some of the ghosts that are flying around on 19.

Reverend, check "I Only Want to be with You," my one fave Rusty song.

I think I should give Amy Winehouse another shot given that I've been listening to a few things in the past year or two that I think aren't so far removed.

yeah, a while back matos and i were talking about back to black and he was like "the thing about it that no one ever says is that it's one of the best singer-songwriter albums EVER", which i am inclined to agree with

I'd go with this too. I didn't think I actually liked 'Rehab' much - I voted for the two no-one ever talks about (hi!) - but playing it just now and boy does it sound great.

Rusty is Dusty's twin brother? xp

LOL sorry. I'm at work and 1/2 my brain is elsewhere.

"I have always been a great fan of Rusty!"

Sure, I get that--it's just a hardcore go-to song for me.

(my computer shorted so xxxxpost)

Rusty Springfield aka Arthur Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69K0bdOAChw

no point in posting stuff for me to listen to, my sound card doesn't work

Kanye >>>>> Fever Ray/The Knife

That tweren't for you...just a joke. xp

Kanye >>>>> Fever Ray/The Knife

― Parenthetical Grillz, Thursday, July 1, 2010 1:20 PM Bookmark

well duh

apples and oranges but we are goddamn BLESSED to have the knife around. sall im gonna say. as a fan of both. but yeah id side with the knife on that argument any day. mostly everything that they touch is pretty brilliant.

I would've preferred Adele be the representative of that stuff on this poll, but she wasn't even nommed.

damn, yeah, fucking love those two singles (haven't heard the album)

p. much the only knife-related stuff i f/w are the singles from silent shout, all the rest of their stuff has bored me to death

re: Nelly Furtado

imo all the big singles from that album are boring and i only really fuck with "no hay igual" and "all good things" -- but i totally realize i am chilling alone in challop canyon there

The best song on Loose IMO is "Wait For You"; I'm still mad that wasn't a single.

ppl hating on The Knife... you live in a world that is not mine

I think "Wait For You" was the only song on that album I had no use for

man so many great songs that i didn't end up voting for - "shakey dog", "house jam", "9xs", etc.

dig "zero" and "crystallized" just fine, but prefer other songs on the album and abstained from voting those guys in traxx, since theyre on my albums list. will totally stan for "fireworks", f yall

"time to pretend" and "love lockdown" are both kinda like ehhh...that song? to me - am fine w/ the latter but in no way would it make a list like this for me

i actually voted for "turn into" by the yeah yeah yeahs - i forgot to nominate it so i was probably the only vote, but it's def my favorite YYYs song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exqCFoPiwpk